The PFL has six weight classes, each with 10 fighters competing twice apiece during the regular season. The top four point earners in each division -- heavyweight, light heavyweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight and women's flyweight -- reach the playoffs. Winning two playoff fights will earn one fighter in each of those six divisions the season's PFL championship -- and a $1 million payday.
How fighters earn their way to the playoffs: A win is worth 3 points, a draw is worth 1 and a loss is worth zero. Fighters also can earn bonus points for a stoppage (knockout, submission, disqualification), based on the round. A first-round stoppage is worth 3 bonus points, a second-round stoppage 2 and a third-round stoppage 1. In the case of a tie in the standings, the fighter with faster finishes places higher.
Here are the standings at the midpoint of the season:
Heavyweight
Next fights (June 13 at Uncasville, Connecticut):
Valentin Moldavsky vs. Linton Vassell
Daniel James vs. Tyrell Fortune
Denis Goltsov vs. Sergey Bilostenniy
Oleg Popov vs. Blagoy Ivanov
Gokhan Saricam vs. Steve Mowry
Danilo Marques vs. Marcelo Nunes (season alternate bout)
Light heavyweight
Next fights (June 21 in Salt Lake City, Utah):
Matchups TBD
Welterweight
Next fights (June 28 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota):
Matchups TBD
Lightweight
Next fights (June 21 in Salt Lake City, Utah):
Matchups TBD
Featherweight
Next fights (June 28 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota):
Matchups TBD
Women's flyweight
Next fights (June 13 in Uncasville, Connecticut):
Dakota Ditcheva vs. Chelsea Hackett
Liz Carmouche vs. Kana Watanabe
Taila Santos vs. Jena Bishop
Ilara Joanne vs. Shanna Young
Juliana Velasquez vs. Lisa Maulkdin
Kaitlyn Neil vs. Sumiko Inaba (season alternate bout)
Note: A plus sign (+) indicates that a fighter has advanced to the playoffs (name also in bold). A hashtag (#) indicates that a fighter has lost a point for missing weight. An asterisk (*) indicates that a fighter has been disqualified from the season because of a drug-test failure or other suspension (name also in italics).